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What am I?
100
Is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place
What is Weather
100
Milestones in meteorology include the invention of the thermometer by ............ in 1607
What is Galileo
100
These are well known for the winter storms they help create
What is The Great Lakes
200
Is the amount of water vapor or moisture, that is present in air.
What is Humidity
200
As a result of .................. and ........., water on earth is constantly changing forms.
What is solar heating and Fg
200
I am a purified liquid source and a basic human need for survival which we have to sustain. What am I?
What is water?
300
A region's generalized weather patterns, averaged over several decades.
What is Climate
300
Greater moderating effect on the ..................... climate
What is southern hemisphere
300
These are The types of climates (hint: 3)
What is torrid zones (tropical), frigid zones (polar), temperate zones (moderate)
400
Microclimate
What is an area with a localized climate variation that differs from the larger climate around it.
400
Weather is caused by movement/transfer of heat energy which influence these. (hint: 6, think of different things that effect weather)
What is temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed, and wind directions
400
The land absorbs heat from the sun more quickly then the water does.
What is the moderating effect?
500
Hydraulic System
What is the continuation motion and change of water among the different phases: solid, liquid, and gas.
500
Heat Capacity refers to the ......... of a material to ............. .
- ability - absorb heat / to heat up
500
Factors that influence weather include (hint: 9 factors)
What is Air temperature, air pressure, moisture, distance to ocean, air mass, altitude , angle of sunlight, clouds, and mountain ranges